Picasso on the Prairie is helping put on a fundraising paint night for the Greenview Community Park Committee. On January 25, 2019 we will be at the greenview amvets building. Doors open roughly 6:00pm and we will start painting at 6:30pm. Cost is $40 per painter. Sign up online at picasso on the prairie website. Payment will be due at the door. https://m.facebook.com/picassoontheprairie/From the facebook profile, click on the website then sign up. You will then find the river scene and be able to sign up for the event. Thank you!!

Due to the upcoming weather this weekend, the installation of the new playground equipment has been postponed. A new date has not been set yet and we will let all volunteers know what the future installation date is. We thank everyone who was planning on assisting us with this and hope that the weather will cooperate in the future to allow us to finally get this equipment installed and ready for the use of all the children.

Due to unforeseen circumstances the installation of the new playground equipment needs to be pushed back. The NEW date of the equipment installation is now October 6th and 7th from 8-5 daily. Lunch will be served each day for all volunteers. Please contact the Village Water Dept at 217-968-7016 and let them know if you are available to help.

The Greenview Community Park Committee thanks the corporations, businesses and individuals who generously donated and made it possible to reach its goal of purchasing new playground equipment for the community children's play area. The playground equipment has been purchased and will arrive and be ready to install in late September. The playground equipment cost $16,627.00. The cost of freight from the manufacturer to Greenview is an additional expense of $1,400.00. An anonymous party has volunteered to provide for transporting the unit from the manufacturer to Greenview and save the committee $,1,400.00. The installation cost by a contractor is $5,000.00. In order to keep the installation cost to a minimum, the committee will ask for volunteers for installing the equipment. Also, the committee felt it would be less expense to hire a construction supervisor with twenty years of experience for $1,600.00 to supervise the volunteers in the installation of the playground equipment than hire a contractor at $5,000.00. With the donated freight and the use of volunteers and construction supervisor it will save the committee $4,800.00 which will be used toward the purchase of rubber ground cover, which is presently used in the playground area in the park. The cost for the rubber ground cover will be $8,325.00 delivered. The Community Park Committee has raised $21,016.00 which leaves after the cost of the playground equipment and installation $2,789.00 towards the purchase of the $8,325.00 for ground cover. The park committee is needing to raise $5,536.00 to purchase the rubber ground cover for the new playground equipment. The Community Park Committee is planning fundraisers towards the purchase of the rubber ground cover. One of them will be having a booth at the Greenview Labor Day Celebration located in community park. They will be selling vinyl bulldog decals, handmade interior decor, as well as, exterior wreaths

They have also organized as fundraisers a shotgun raffle with the donation of a Legacy International Pointer 20 gauge shotgun by MTM Arms located in Athens. The committee is selling the tickets for $10.00 each or three for $25.00. If interested in purchasing tickets call (217)381-2332 or email greenviewilwater@gmail.com. The drawing will be held around noon on Labor Day in the park during the Labor Day Celebration. You are welcome to see the shotgun at MTM Arms. The Greenview Community Park Committee will be creating more fundraisers in order to purchase the ground cover for the new playground equipment. The committee is accepting donations to help reach the goal of purchasing the ground cover. If you would like to make a donation it can be made at the Middletown State Bank in Greenview or mail it to Greenview Village Hall 106 E. Washington Street, Greenview, IL 62642. Please make note the donation is for deposit in the playground equipment fund. If you have any questions please call (217)381-2332. The members of the Greenview Community Park Committee appreciate the generous donations that made it possible to purchase the playground unit and funds towards the purchase of the needed rubber ground cover.

The Greenview Park Committee is holding a Shotgun Raffle to raise funds for additional park equipment. MTM Arms located in Athens donated a Legacy International Pointer 20 Gauge Shotgun to raffle. The drawing will be held on Labor Day, September 3rd, at Noon. You do not need to be present to win. The tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25. You must have a valid FOID Card with name matching the raffle ticket. All Federal/State/Local laws apply. You can get raffle tickets from the following Greenview Park Committee members: Sydnie Monroe, Danielle Morrow, Ashley Ahrens and Norm Hofmann. You can also purchase them at MTM Arms at 1001 High Prairie Dr., Athens, IL, To request tickets please call 217-968-7016 or E-mail greenviewilwater@gmail.com. The Greenview Park Committee appreciates MTM Arms for helping us to raise money to purchase ground cover and new playground equipment for the park.The Community Park Committee also has arranged for a “Cosmic Bowling (Lights, Music, Fog) Fundraiser scheduled for Saturday, August 25th from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Logan Bowling Lanes at 1700 5th St. in Lincoln. There will be unlimited bowling during the two hour time period with free shoe rental included. In addition, there will be a 50/50 raffle and the committee will be raffling a fall wreath. The raffle tickets for the wreath will be $5.00 and the winning number will be drawn that evening. You do not need to be present to win. The game room and refreshment stand will be open as well as a bake sale provided by the park committee. There can be only 80 tickets sold and 5 people per lane. The cost is $10.00 per bowler. Please call 217-968-7016 or E-mail greenviewilwater@gmail.com for tickets. This will help the committee to provide ground cover for the new playground equipment and additional playground equipment for the park.